Boyle County cold case murder trial reset for May 2027

Boyle County court reset Anthony Manning’s murder trial for May 10-14, 2027, replacing a previous May 29 setting and moving the decades-old Anna Manning case another step toward a jury proceeding. In a homicide prosecution tied to a 1992 disappearance, even a scheduling change carries weight: it keeps the case on the calendar, preserves momentum, and signals the court is still treating it as an active murder case.

The new date comes after a series of developments in 2026 that turned a dormant investigation into a live prosecution. In May, the Boyle County Sheriff’s Office said human remains were found on a property connected to Anna Manning’s 1992 disappearance. Authorities secured the remains and sent them to a forensic laboratory for examination and identification, a step that gave investigators physical evidence in a case that had stretched more than 34 years.

A week later, Boyle County authorities charged Anthony Manning with murder, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse. Barbara Manning was also charged in the case. A Fox 56 report said the indictment alleged Anthony Manning killed Anna Manning between Sept. 14, 1992, and Nov. 7, 1992. On June 4, 2026, Anthony Manning and Barbara Manning both pleaded not guilty, setting up the case for pretrial litigation rather than immediate resolution.

Anna Manning was last seen in Danville, Kentucky, in November 1992, and the disappearance became one of Boyle County’s long-running cold cases. The 2027 trial date matters because it gives the prosecution a more specific runway to organize old records, line up forensic evidence and prepare for a jury presentation built around events that date back more than three decades. It also gives the defense more time to press its challenges to the state’s case before the first jurors are ever called.

For Anna Manning’s family, the revised trial window keeps the prospect of a courtroom reckoning alive after years in which the case remained unresolved. The reset does not decide the case, but it does move the proceedings closer to the point where Boyle County prosecutors will have to prove, in open court, what happened in 1992.